It is not uncommon for there to be remarkable outcomes when a Magus makes what seems like a minor comment. In some cases, these comments transform in time into major life-defining events. Take, for example, this short inscription to Michael A. Aquino from Anton Szandor LaVey in his first copy of The Satanic Bible: Continue reading “Preconditions to the Primary Utterance”
Author Archives: setemheb
Refinements within the Aeon of Set
In addition to the concept of Aeons, Dr. Aquino would also bring his new vision to the Degree of Magus. This would transform the concept with greater clarity and allow it to be used as a tool for greater understanding and innovation. Crowley had felt that each Aeon only had one true Magus: the oneContinue reading “Refinements within the Aeon of Set”
Ra-En-Set and the Aeon
Dr. Michael A. Aquino’s experience on the North Solstice of 1975 CE, or the Year X of the Age of Satan, as recorded in the Book of Coming Forth by Night, has dramatically clarified the doctrine of Aeons, Magi, and Words. I will not be going into a complete account of this text, what led toContinue reading “Ra-En-Set and the Aeon”
Feedback on LaVey Writing
Someone who identifies as being involved with the Church of Satan asked me in a private discussion forum: “Is it normal for [Setians] to have a hard time moving on from Satanism? They’re free and clear, why bother addressing Satanism at all?” One of the running themes in Foundation is a process of cultural collapseContinue reading “Feedback on LaVey Writing”
Saturday Viewing
My Lack of Respect for Anton LaVey as a Person
picture and caption from The San Francisco Examiner November 28, 1989 I mentioned yesterday that my sense of Anton LaVey has changed. The most significant of these has been in the last two years while researching the various people who were instrumental to the early “Magic Circle” phase of his career and, frankly, finding thingsContinue reading “My Lack of Respect for Anton LaVey as a Person”
LaVey’s Greater Magic Reconsidered
While the purely psychodynamic interpretation of LaVey’s methods fits with the agenda of his apologists uncomfortable with the magical aspects of LaVey’s Work, it does not match his sense of what he was doing. He was axiomatic about the importance and value of Greater Magic to create change beyond mere psychodynamics, making it a foundationalContinue reading “LaVey’s Greater Magic Reconsidered”
The Taboo of Satanism
In a discussion several years ago, someone raised the following about Setian “taboos.” My thoughts on LaVey on a personal level have changed a good deal since I originally wrote the following. However, it remains something I stand behind. The Taboo of Satanism: Do we forget or avoid the idea we have Satanic roots? It’s ourContinue reading “The Taboo of Satanism”
The Age of Satan and the Masters of Suspicion
Several years ago, an Adept commented that Anton LaVey’s The Satanic Bible was a cynical approach to occultism. I countered that I saw it less as cynical than the first serious, magical response to those people Paul Ricoeur termed ‘The Masters of Suspicion.” Who were the Masters of Suspicion? They were those figures who, at the endContinue reading “The Age of Satan and the Masters of Suspicion”
The Magus in the Age of Satan
Although certainly, some may have thought themselves Magi, none were regarded as such by other magicians of the Aeon of Horus. No one had come forth within the Western Esoteric Tradition. No one had come forth in the Easter Esoteric Traditions. The only one who did come forth and was arguably Recognized by the WorldContinue reading “The Magus in the Age of Satan”
Setemheb 